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Opium abuse ‘devastating’ Shan communities
Jan 26, 2010 (DVB), Palaung communities in northeastern Burma are being "devastated" by opium addiction, with mothers and wives forced to carry the weight...
Burma opium cultivation up, but yield down
Dec 14, 2009 (DVB), Opium cultivation in Burma has doubled since 2006, despite production of the narcotic falling, the United Nations drugs office has...
Burma junta ‘unwilling’ to aid opium eradication
July 10, 2009 (DVB), Prohibition on poppy cultivation enforced by armed groups in Burma's Shan state has caused a dramatic cut in opium production,...
Opium poppy cultivation in Burma rises
June 25, 2009 (DVB), Burma remains the world's second largest source of opium, according to a UN report released yesterday that found a slight...
Food shortages force Chin locals to sell opium
Mar 20, 2009 (DVB), Chin state locals who suffered food shortages last year due to mass flowering of bamboo have been forced to grow...
Burma seizes 40 kilos of opium in November
Dec 14, 2007 (AFP), Burma, the world's second-largest opium producer after Afghanistan, seized nearly 40 kilogrammes (88 pounds) of the drug in November, state...
